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The Queen Stone
Hob Uid: 109570
Location : County of Herefordshire Goodrich
Grid Ref : SO5610018210
Summary : A Later Prehistoric standing stone. The stone is a block of Old Red Conglomerate which has been placed vertically by human agency. Some struck flints were found during excavation in 1926.
More information : (SO 5610 1821) Stone (TI). (1) The Queen Stone. (2) A blocked Old Red Conglomerate about 7'6" high probably from the lower beds of the conglomerate, according to J G Wood. "It is manifest that the Queen Stone is not in situ so far as vertical position is concerned, but it is probable that it rests on the surface of the old denuded beds of rock underground." The sides of the rock are marked with deep vertical grooves, which are almost certainly natural (of the North Arrow at Boroughbridge, Yorks at SE 36 NE4). (3) There is a reference in Hereford Museum to the excavations here in 1926, together with a number of undistinguished worked flints and a photograph showing that the striations on the stone do not extend below ground level. Museum visited 14.7.52. (4) Queen's Stone, a monolith. The block with the grooves in the strata is of natural formation, but seems to have been placed in its present position by human agency. (5) A standing stone, which, judged from the depth of the grooves of 0.2m, has been standing in its present position since antiquity. It has a maximum height of 1.8m, is 1.6m wide and 0.9m thick. Situated upon level ground, at present under sugar beet, within a loop of the River Wye. Published 1:2500 survey correct. See GP. (6) The standing stone described above (1-6) is visible on aerial photographs at the site stated by source 1 but was therefore not mapped for NMP. There do not appear to be any related features visible on the aerial photographs, such as sockets for other stones around the Queen stone. (7)

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Source details : OS 6" 1924
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Source details : Rec 6" (OGS Crawford udtd).
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Source details : VCH 1 1908, 160 (G Clinch)
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Source details : Tr Woolhope Club 1900-1902, 229-231
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Source details : F1 ALFR 21-AUG-52
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Source details : RCHM Here 3, 1934, 227
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : F2 ASP 18-OCT-72
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : NMR SO5618/1 (JAP 1172/22A) 06-JUL-1976
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Later Prehistoric
Display Date : Later Prehistoric
Monument End Date : 43
Monument Start Date : -4000
Monument Type : Standing Stone
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Components and Objects:

Period : Later Prehistoric
Component Monument Type : Standing Stone
Object Type : LITHIC IMPLEMENT, FLAKE
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Hereford & Worcestershire)
External Cross Reference Number : 824
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SO 51 NE 6
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1926-01-01
End Date : 1926-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1952-08-21
End Date : 1952-08-21

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1972-10-18
End Date : 1972-10-18

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2002-01-01
End Date : 2006-12-31

Historic England Research Records

The Queen Stone